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Every high priest is a man chosen to represent other people in their dealings with God. He presents their gifts to God and offers sacrifices for their sins.
The Perfect High Priest
For every high priest taken from amongst men is established for men in things relating to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins;
For every high priest taken from amongst men is established for men in things relating to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins;
And he is able to deal gently with ignorant and wayward people because he himself is subject to the same weaknesses.
being able to exercise forbearance towards the ignorant and erring, since he himself also is clothed with infirmity;
That is why he must offer sacrifices for his own sins as well as theirs.
and, on account of this [infirmity], he ought, even as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
And no one can become a high priest simply because he wants such an honor. He must be called by God for this work, just as Aaron was.
And no one takes the honour to himself but [as] called by God, even as Aaron also.
Thus the Christ also has not glorified himself to be made a high priest; but he who had said to him, *Thou* art my Son, *I* have to-day begotten thee.
Even as also in another [place] he says, *Thou* [art] a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedec.
While Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could rescue him from death. And God heard his prayers because of his deep reverence for God.
Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up both supplications and entreaties to him who was able to save him out of death, with strong crying and tears; (and having been heard because of his piety;)
Even though Jesus was God’s Son, he learned obedience from the things he suffered.
though he were Son, he learned obedience from the things which he suffered;
In this way, God qualified him as a perfect High Priest, and he became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey him.
and having been perfected, became to all them that obey him, author of eternal salvation;
And God designated him to be a High Priest in the order of Melchizedek.
addressed by God [as] high priest according to the order of Melchisedec.
A Call to Spiritual Growth
There is much more we would like to say about this, but it is difficult to explain, especially since you are spiritually dull and don’t seem to listen.
Warning against Drifting Away
Concerning whom we have much to say, and hard to be interpreted in speaking [of it], since ye are become dull in hearing.
Concerning whom we have much to say, and hard to be interpreted in speaking [of it], since ye are become dull in hearing.
For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have again need that [one] should teach you what [are] the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God, and are become such as have need of milk, [and] not of solid food.
For someone who lives on milk is still an infant and doesn’t know how to do what is right.
For every one that partakes of milk [is] unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe;